Is “The Empty Fort Strategy repelling Sima Yi” true?
novel invention
This is not recorded in the official history of the Records of the Three Kingdoms. The Empty Fort Strategy originates from Guo Chong's Five Matters, but at that time Sima Yi was far away in Wancheng, making it impossible for him to confront Zhuge Liang at Xixian.
Zhuge Liang
In official history, he was an outstanding statesman, military strategist, and master of governance, but in fiction, he is deified as a sorcerer who can summon wind and rain.